The Alpha’s Arranged Bride

Lavender’s POV

I have been restless from the moment I woke up. First, it was the issue of not being marked by Caramel. Second, it was Grey. I tried thinking of what could be the issue with him, but that led me to a dead end. He wasn’t given the respect he deserved as Alpha Toot’s son and heir to the throne. He would take over from Alpha Toot the moment he died, but Grey looked and behaved completely different from the way I thought he would be. Despite not behaving like a pauper, he received treatment as if he were one.

He did not sit at the dining table while we ate; the servants did not bow to him or respect him secretly or openly. It felt like he was just someone they knew in the mansion and nothing else. He dressed differently from Alpha Toot. He was supposed to dress like royalty since he was the heir, but he always dressed casually. Not just casually, but way too casual.

His clothes look like they were bought from the local market when he could get them from high-end boutiques. Sometimes, it felt like he was not even living in the mansion, and was living somewhere else, but I knew he was in the mansion. Some time ago, I heard one of the maids saying that he could not leave the mansion, which was strange to me. Was he also imprisoned like me?

I kept asking myself questions and trying to understand him, but I failed. It only gave me a strong headache. Eventually, I had to push all that aside and think of a way to get out of the mansion myself. I was restless. Pacing up and down did me no good. Instead, it made me exhausted even quicker. Hours I spent in the room thinking went for nothing. From eating to thinking, and repeating the process, that was all I did. I decided to go and see my mother because she might help me get out of this situation. Since my last attempt to escape, I had not seen her, and I needed to inform her of my progress.

I’m going to sneak into the room again. Once I left my room, I was careful not to bring attention to myself, and not act like I was heading in that direction. The moment I got to the hallway, I saw Grey, and I turned around almost immediately to leave.

“I already saw you,” he said, and I closed my eyes briefly before turning around. He folded his arms and then gestured with his fingers for me to come closer. Dragging my feet, I stood before him.

“You are here already, so why run away? You are worried that someone will see you? You do not have to worry. He called me so we could spend some time together, so you have about twenty minutes to see your mother before stepping out,” he told me before walking off.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

I wanted to watch him leave, but after taking a few steps, he stopped. Then looked over his shoulder. “I think you should go in before someone sees you,” he said, then walked off.

I wasted no time in entering the room. Mom, as usual, sat on the ground with her eyes on the door. Once I stepped in, her face lit up, and I hugged her. I loved being in her embrace. As expected, she asked how I was doing, and again if he had hurt me, but my reply remained the same. Plus, there was no injury on my body which backed up my claim.

“So, how did it go? Were you able to leave?” she asked, and I pouted before shaking my head. Her face also dropped at the information.

“That’s why I am here. We need to think of something else. It isn’t possible at night since the main door is always locked and requires a fingerprint to unlock.” I told her, and she nodded in understanding. She kept quiet for some time, and I mean she was trying to think of another way.

“If that is the case, then we have to go for a harder route,” she said.

“What’s that?” I asked.

“We need some hardcore evidence on him,” she said, and my eyes widened in shock. She nodded.

“Yes, it is a tough one, but if you want to get out of here, that is our only way. Alpha Toot is a man with so many secrets. A few people know about it, but I doubt the majority do. If we can get that information, we can threaten him with it, and in order to save face, he might let us go. I can assure you that he would not want anyone to know about it because he does not want to go down,” she said “Or we could even leak it, and the moment the people come to pull him down from being Alpha, we escape,” she added.

That plan seemed sufficient, and it was a good one. But the issue was, I doubted Alpha Toot would be that careless to leave his secrets out like that. It was going to be hard to get such important information about him. It meant I would have to do a lot of snooping around to get it, or maybe I would have to get close to him. Ugh. I didn’t want to do that. I hated pretending. I did not want to give him any impression that I was finally okay being trapped here., and then I remembered.

“What about your parents’ deaths? We could use that.” I said, and Mum thought for a few minutes before shaking her head.

“It will not work. They were killed a long time ago, and might not be that important to anyone anymore. Plus, we have no proof that he actually did it. Alpha Toot was a wonderful liar, and he will be able to get himself out of that situation quickly because we have no proof. He might even turn it in his favour,” she said, and I understood.

She was right. That was too simple. We needed something deeper, and better to get a hold of him with. Mum took my hands. “You need to go and find something we could use on him. A secret that could shock, and break him. He would do whatever we ask him to do.” She said, and I left to do just that.

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